Chaplin

in the US

There are 5,281 people with the last name "Chaplin" in the United States.

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Chaplin 5,182
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  1. is 5,178th most common Mchale
  2. is 5,179th most common Guardado
  3. is 5,180th most common Olguin
  4. is 5,181st most common Briseno
  5. is 5,182nd most common Chaplin
  6. is 5,183rd most common Bay
  7. is 5,184th most common Petit
  8. is 5,185th most common Santa
  9. is 5,186th most common Gaynor

Similar Names and Nicknames

Chapman, Chappell, Chapin, Chapa, Chapple, Chaparro, Chappel, Chappelle, Chaput, Chapel

Most Common First Names for Chaplin

John, Robert, James, William, Michael, Richard, David, Linda, Mary, Charles



Meaning & History

English and French: occupational name for a clergyman, or perhaps for the servant of one, from Middle English, Old French chapelain ‘chantry priest’, a priest endowed to sing mass daily on behalf of the souls of the dead (Late Latin capellanus).

Ukrainian and Belorussian: patronymic from the nickname Chaplya, from the dialect word chaplya ‘heron’, ‘stork’ (Russian tsaplya), referring to a man with long, thin legs or perhaps one who was shy and easily frightened.

FOREBEARS Clement Chaplin was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.


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